Author: Ganesan Thambiraja

Uruguay’s star striker Edinson Cavani was in training as they finalised preparations on Thursday prior to their quarter-final clash against France. Uruguay booked their place in the last eight after seeing off Portugal 2-1 with Edinson Cavani the star of the contest, grabbing both goals. But Cavani limped off from the match after getting a

To get past Belgium in the quarter-finals at the World Cup, Brazil have to do something they have not been able to do since they last won the tournament in 2002: overcome European opposition in the knockout stages. Since beating Germany 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup final, the five-time winners have been eliminated by

Croatia continued their preparation ahead of their quarter-final clash with Russia at the World at the training site in Adler on Thursday. Reaching the quarter-finals is already an achievement in itself, but Croatia are aiming higher. There have been a lot of comparisons between this team and the one that reached the World Cup semi-finals

Sweden who are competing in their first World Cup quarter-final since 1994 will face England on Saturday (7th July) in Samara. These two teams have played twice at the World Cup previously, both matches ending in a draw. The last time the two sides met was in 2012 for a friendly match, with Sweden prevailing

This summer is proving to be a busy period for London-based barber Ahmed Alsanawi. The 27-year-old self-taught barber, who runs a shop in Chessington (around 20 kilometres south of central London) is fast building a reputation as hairdresser to football stars. Having started working with Chelsea’s youth team players, he soon progressed to the Premier

Croatia continued preparations on Wednesday for their World Cup quarter-final against Russia. Win that match in Sochi on Saturday against the hosts and they’ll be a step closer to emulating the Croatia team of 1998 that finished in third place in France – not that they want it to end there. “Hopefully, we can do

Wednesday was Brazil’s last day at their headquarters in the hot and humid city of Sochi, in southern Russia. After a final training session and news conference for Willian, t he squad will head to Kazan, where they will face Belgium in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday (6th July). Midfielder Paulinho has trained separately

Vincent Kompany said Belgium’s World Cup quarter-final against Brazil will be a “defining game” for both teams, as Belgium continued preparations at their training base in Dedovsk, outside Moscow, on Wednesday (4th July). “We have a physical squad but our game and our DNA at the moment is definitely to play passes between the lines,

Sweden were back at training on Wednesday (4th July), the day after reaching the World Cup quarter-finals by beating Switzerland 1-0. Next up for the team led by manager Janne Andersson will be England on Saturday (7th July) in Samara. Sweden won against Switzerland on the strength of an Emil Forsberg goal in the 66th

France claimed their spot in the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating Argentina 4-3 on Saturday (30th June). Two goals in four minutes from 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe helped France knock out the two-time World Champions. France will take on Uruguay in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday (6th July). Uruguay beat Portugal 2-1 in their round